William young



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IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE EOE CLEA-RING rIPEs.

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'ro AIQL WHoMIr MAY o oNeEENf Be it known that L WILLIAM YUNG, of Euston,` in the' county of Northampton, und lState of Pennsylvanie,v

have invented a new and' useful Improvement in Device for Thawing out Frozen WnterfPipes, &.c. and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,-4 and exact description thereof, whichlwill enable those skilled in the 'nrt to make and use the same, reference being haditp the accompanying (1l-amiga forming phytof this specification.

The'objeet of this invention 'is to provide nieans for readily thawing out the-ice in water-pipes wlic iifthejT i become nnservieeable from freeiiing, and also tobe used for other purposes' oi' n similar nature.

And'the invention consists in the application of steam for that purpose, in the manner hereinafter described.

The drawing represents the apparatus applied to the purpose of'thawing out a. water-pipe.

A is a portable stea'm-gencratonfor which -I have already received Letters Patent of the. United States;

which, in this upplication, requiresno particuler description.

B represents an ordinary water-pipe, for supplying families from 4the wateruiain." A C represents the stop-cock in the water-pipe, which is usually placed beneath the sidewalk.

When this service-pipe becomes frezen and obstructed by solid ice between the muin'f'a'nd where it entersA -the house, as 'it' frequentlydoes in cold und freezing weather, it is usual to take up the pipe by digging through the sidewalk und. frozen groiind, orto vbuild-"fires over `the pipe, with a view of thawing it out, all o f which methodsinvolve-en immense deal of trouble and vexiution.

Inmaking iin-application ofmy invention for that purpose, I temores. portionot` vthe .water-pipe, and'iusrt' i' -a small 'tubeior' steamfpipe, which -is connected with the generator A.-

This steam-pipe is marked D, with the en d 'shown ,in section.

E is along-shankd tubular remuer, which is attached to the end of the steem-pipe,.and which it is necessary to -use on some occasions in pissing through the orifices in the waiter-cock C, as the orifice through the cock 1 is sometimes obstructed by rust.

But-,this cock being within reaching distance, whenever the end of the reamerstrikes'an obstruction, the reamer can be turned round from the shank-end, and such obstruction 'bc-removed, and afrce passage-wey opened." v

A"current of steam is all thetime discharging from ythe end of the rcauier,` a portion ol' which steam will' not be condensed, but return around the'outsiglclofV the reamcr and pipe, a nd hedischnrged fromthe vertical tube f, or fromthe end ofthe pipo where the steam-pipe is inserted.

I vAs the ico melts away before the steam-jet or current, the steam-pipe ispushcd forward, so as-to the solid ice till the obstruction isiremoved. y A small metallic pipe is employed, which possesses suicicnt iler ibility for the purpose.

follow up The ordinary waterscr'vice pipe is only about three-fourths of an inch in diameter; consequently my steami pipe is only sufficiently large in diameter to convey ajct or current of stenm oneeighthiof an inch in diameter,

that being found suiicient for the purpose. Y

' 'The application of thea' the diliiculty. i With the portable. steam-generator, and the insertiiin of the small steam-pipe into'the frozen pipe,the business of relieving distressed housekeeper-s of ,thc frozcn-water-pipetrouble is reduced to a system, tho remedy being rapid and efeetual.

I claim as new, 'and desireto secure by Letters Paent- .The arrangement of the tubular reamer E with the ste'nmpipe D, substantially as set forth: The above specification of mynrontion signcdhy me, this 16th day of Merch, 1868. y Y 'WILLIAM YOUNG.

Witnesses: BEArEs R. Sw1rr, N. D.' Herr.

team-jet to ythe icc in the frozen pipevery s opn melts the ice, and rapidly overcomes 

